So vista...

[Shadeslayer]

SUCKS!!! I want to go back to XP and need some questions answered!

1) Is my notebook able to downgrade? It is a Gateway MT6452.

2) What do I need to have to downgrade? Some kind of driver?

And finally

3) Where is the cheapest place to buy XP? My college sells it for about $25 (USD).

Thanks for all your help!

Shadeslayer!

[vb_master]

1) Is my notebook able to downgrade? It is a Gateway MT6452.

How would we know unless we had the same notebook? It depends if the manufacturer provided XP drivers (Vista drivers won't work on XP.) Search google, find other people that have made the downgrade.

2) What do I need to have to downgrade? Some kind of driver?

Device drivers is all you need, find out the hardware that is in your notebook by looking at Gateway's specs sheet or by using EVEREST Ultimate or something.

3) Where is the cheapest place to buy XP? My college sells it for about $25 (USD).

You aren't going to get it legally for less so just buy from from your college.

[Shadeslayer]

Thanks dude. Sorry for being so computer stupid lol.

[bicostp]

Go into the Device Manager and write down what all your hardware is. (Video card, sound card, network devices, etc). Then use everyone's favorite search engine to see if there are drivers available for them.

The Device Manager is in the computer management console under XP. (Right-click My Computer, select Manage.) I don't know about Vista; they dumbed everything else down so much it may be hidden.

$25 is cheap enough. You won't get a legal copy cheaper anywhere else.

If you can find proper drivers, go for it!

[Triton]

well worth it from what i understand, several of my friends at school have laptops with vista and all of them have had problems with it, one tried to downgrade but didnt have full proper drivers and he had problems with dell about it too (didnt turn off some auto update thing and it messed stuff up or something) so he had to reundowngrade

[myersn024]

I run Vista on my computer at work, and I don't particularly like it either. It will eventually be a (somewhat) good OS, but on anything less than a 3.0 gig Core 2 Duo with about 4 gigs of RAM, it blows.

[nightwheel]

My mons Acer Laptop runs Vista Home Premium nicely. And it only has a Dual Core, 200GB HDD, and 2 GB of Ram. But Vista is a bit confusing. It took me a little while to understand it.